Scarborough is trying to play kingmaker, starting today.

[Skidmore]

He had Rep. Paul Ryan on--a "Republican with a plan." Chatted Ryan up and allowed him to present his plan for saving America and then pronounced that he was a suitable leader for the Yellow Elephant Party. Then Joey told Ryan that he could be on weekly in the future to discuss whatever. Mika wiggled and jiggled and giggled in delight.

[ShortnFiery]

1. Who cares?

Scarborough is not only an embarrassment to M$NBC but also to seemingly all THINKING Americans.

He's vomit. :puke:

[Kalyke]

2. Some plan: it's the same old crap that got us here - freeze spending.

cut taxes on the rich and privatize, privatize, privatize.

But Orszag said what is reckless are Republican efforts led by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to privatize Social Security and Medicare.

"The senior Republican on the House Budget Committee has put forward a plan that includes $3 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations, a Medicare program, when you turn 65, you'd be handed a check for 80 percent of the cost of health care and then you're on your own; and a Social Security plan in which your Social Security fund would be invested in the stock market. I'm not making this stuff up," he said.

Ryan told FOX News that his plan avoids efforts to "effectively nationalize health care and the energy sector by fall" and privatization would work because it would be voluntary and would've kept older workers in the bond market, not dealing in stocks.

He said the rate of return on Social Security taxes for his children is estimated at negative 1 percent.

"Social Security is already telling younger people that the money is not going to be there right now, so let's dispel the illusion" that privatization would be riskier than the government program.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/08/administration-backers-plead-patience-economic-recovery-efforts/ (Yes, I know it's a Faux "News" link, but where better to find info on Republicans?)

[Kahuna]

3. You could tell it was scripted from the very start. nt

[ejpoeta]

4. well, you know joe is working on a book right now. something about the republican party.

think how great it would be if he kinged the next gop leader!! for his book, i mean.

[ErinBerin84]

5. it's also to promote his upcoming book

about how conservatives find their way back home, yada yada. And in this, Joe is going off the "I was against the Bush spending, I swear!" model that seems to be popular with conservatives right now, though there is scant evidence.

[LittleApple81]

6. Joe's program is the 3 most wasted hours on MSNBC. Even compared to the jail documentaries. nt

[Butch350]

7. I Heard That! Big Time!

[KharmaTrain]

8. Yellow Elephant Party? Ya Mean This One...

http://operationyellowelephant.blogspot.com/

Gotta love Jesus' General!!!

:rofl: